English Vocabulary for Space

Learn Space Vocabulary in English

This is a lesson to help you learn common relating to space in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including six different games and two different types of flashcard.

Vocabulary Games for

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Multi-Choice Questions

Match the word to the picture.

This is the simplest test on the page. It is designed to familiarize learners with the words and the images.

There are two types of question. Players must either:

match the picture to the word, or
match the word to the picture.

You can toggle the sound on and off.
Good luck!

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Match-the-Pairs Game

Draw three lines from the pictures on the left to the correct words on the right.

Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
Click on your first square to start then click on the corresponding square on the other side. Good luck!

Ranking (Clicks)

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Hero ()

Captain ()

Sergeant ()

Recruit ()

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Memory Game

This is a classic memory game. Turn two cards at a time and try to match each picture with the right word.

Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
Click on your first card to start. Good luck!

Ranking (Clicks)

Guru ()

Hero ()

Captain ()

Sergeant ()

Recruit ()

Pairs: getting ready...

Clicks: 0

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Basic Flash Cards

This is not a game. These are classic flashcards to help learners study the words at their own pace.

Say the word shown by the picture, then click on a card to turn it.
If you were right, move on to the next word.
If you were wrong, click on the card again to hide the word and move on to the next word.
Keep going through the cards until you can get them all right.
You can toggle the sound on and off.

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

The letters below the picture are the jumbled letters of the correct word represented by the picture.
Spell the correct word by clicking on the letters in order.
You can toggle the sound on and off.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "space" category. Choose your first letter to start.

Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
If the gallows are completed, you lose.
Good luck!

Create Your Own Version of This Game

Here is the word library for this game:

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

This is not a game. These are classic flashcards to help learners study the words (with some context) at their own pace.

Read the sentence aloud, filling the gap with the word shown by the picture.
Click on the card to reveal the whole sentence.
If you were right, move on to the next card.
If you were wrong, click on the same card again to hide the complete sentence and move on to the next card.
Keep going through the cards until you can get them all right.
You can toggle the sound on and off.

Word Detective

Can you work out which word has been covered up?

The image and title have been blurred out to hide a word that fits in all three sentences. Your job is to identify the hidden word.
When you have worked it out, select the button with the correct word.
Tip 1. During the game, keep an eye on the images below to work out which words are remaining. (No words are repeated.)
Tip 2. Click on an underlined word in a sentence to see the meaning of that word.
Good luck!

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space

There is a lot of empty space in this room.
Astronauts travel into outer space.
She needs more space for her books.

planet

A planet is a large body orbiting a star.
Earth is a planet.
She studied each planet in the solar system.

star

A star is a massive ball of gas emitting light.
The Sun is a star.
He looked up at the night stars.

moon

A moon is a natural satellite orbiting a planet.
She watched the full moon rise.
The moon orbits Earth.

comet

A comet is an icy body that releases gas and dust.
He saw a comet in the sky.
She read about Halley's Comet.

asteroid

An asteroid is a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
She learned about the asteroid belt.
He studied the impact of asteroids.

galaxy

A galaxy is a system of stars, gas, and dust.
The Milky Way is our galaxy.
He is fascinated by the Andromeda galaxy.

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the sun.
We live on Earth.
She studies the environment of Earth.

black hole

A black hole is a region of space with strong gravitational pull.
He read about the formation of black holes.
She is curious about what happens inside a black hole.

satellite

A satellite orbits a planet or star.
The satellite sends signals to Earth.
He tracked the path of the satellite.

astronaut

An astronaut is a person trained to travel in space.
She dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
He watched a documentary about astronauts.

The image and title have been blurred out to hide a word that fits in all three sentences. Your job is to identify the hidden word.
When you have worked it out, select the button with the correct word.
Tip 1. During the game, keep an eye on the images below to work out which words are remaining. (No words are repeated.)
Tip 2. Click on an underlined word in a sentence to see the meaning of that word.
Good luck!